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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17270	The fire of the sanctuarie newly vncouered, or, A compleat tract of zeale. By C. Burges	Burges, Cornelius, 1589?-1665.	1625 (1625)	STC 4111; ESTC S115748	142,700	534

sometimes to be so zealous in Holy Dauid by this Rule was a sound Zealot indeed Hee often burned in spirit when he suppressed the flame from the view of man God onely discerned the vent hee gaue it I was dumbe with silence I held my peace euen from good and my sorrow was stirred My heart was hot within me while I was musing the fire burned Then spake I with my tongue Lord make mee to know mine end c. His heart was first on fire before the flame was in his tongue and when hee opened the tunnel it did after the nature of fire ascend and shewed it selfe first vnto God This Zeale of his did not make him fiery onely in a point or two for he saith of himselfe e Psal 119 128. I esteeme all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I hate euery false way On the other side we may see the Zeale of the Pharises discouered for counterfeit They tooke great paines to set out a glorious outside and a painted face of Profession but within were no better then painted Sepulchers or the Sumpters of f See Speeds Chron. Cardinal Wolsey If you looke vpon their outward carriage it is with as much austerity and rigour as may be Behold their very pots and platters Math. 23. you shall see them bright without but looke not within least the filthinesse annoy you they being filled to the brim with extortion excesse Outwardly they appeare righteous vnto men but within they are full of hypocrisie and iniquity To this must bee added that euen in their outward Actions their Zeale is not vniuersall They are more carefull for Mint and Annis and Cummin then for the weightier matters of the Law iudgement mercy and faith For these haultings our Sauiour brands them with the Hypocrites marke ouer and ouer three times together Hypocrites in graine If then a Minister set himself in great heat against some sins and not against all The Triall If he presse many duties on his flock and performe few or none himselfe denounce terrors with a thundring tone but not comfort the broken spirit inueigh against Conformers on the one side or Puritans on the other and yet liue like an Atheist let his pretence bee what it will his End is not Gods glory for then his Zeale would be Vniuersall I do not say that he should at the same time do all things at once There is a time to launce and cut as well as to bind vp and heale All Texts afford not al points al sorts of applicatiō All Anditories require them not But I speake this onely to this end that a constāt zealous temper must bee shewed in performance of euery particular duty throughout so oft as opportunity and occasion are offered and that as well in life as in Preaching or any other Ministeriall Seruice If he be not thus proportionable in all he is not truly zealous in any So for a Magistrate to be very sharpe against some outrages committed by meane and contemptible persons but letting alone such as offend as highly in other kinds perhaps in the same kinds too if they be persons of Qualitie or otherwise can make him by friends To bee hot against strangers but cold enough in punishing such as are vnder his owne roofe to seeme zealous for God and the King onely to prosecute with more violence such as they beare a secret grudge vnto to boast of impartialitie and yet giue no countenance to Religious men but rather for this very cause that they labour to liue strictly in the sense of the Apostle g Ephe. 5.15 although they bee euery way conformable to the Lawes of God the Church and Common-wealth to haue a preiudicate opinion of them and a secret heart-burning against them this is not zeale but furious passion blazing onely that way which the wind driues it and flaming as the base affectation of windie popularitie which God abhorreth shall happen to blow it vp Iehu was so sicke of this disease that he was not ashamed to be his owne Herald to proclaime it vnder the name of zeale fathering his bastard furie vpon zeale for the h 2. King 10.16 Lord when none but the base ambition of his owne false heart begat it He must needs call Iehonadab to witnesse his zeale when Gods Spirit discouered it to be but an hypocriticall ladder to ascend the Throne Could that be zeale to grub vp Ahabs stocke by the roots for his sinne against God that could yet suffer those monuments of Idolatry in Dan and Bethel to remaine as quiet as much esteemed as much adored as euer before in Ahabs life and that by Iehu himselfe How is it that the Lord complaines Iehu tooke no heed to walke in the Law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart i Ibid. ver 31 c Here is euidence enough to proue his zeale to be counterfeit and to giue all men notice how little the Lord cares for such flashes of lightning in stead of a solid fire of heauenly zeale Such also who being in inferiour offices take occasion then to crie quit with some that heretofore did offend them and present a few poore snakes let●ing more escape vnobserued that deserue punishment more cannot so bleare the eyes of the world as to be taken for zealous They will be discouered by the most blincking drunkards to be malitious reuengers of their owne priuate passions and that it is not conscience of an Oath but other respects that make them so busie Finally by this all ciuill Professors and formall hypocr●tes may find themselues empty of zeale for Gods glorie in the best actions they performe What shall the zealous fastings k Isai 58.3.4 and sacrifices l Cap. 66.3 of hollow hearted Christians who want zeale to kindle them gaine at Gods hand but reproofe and loathing That is not zeale that brings men to Church on the Lords day and yet suffereth them to liue like Diuels all the weeke after that will make a man pray in the Church or in his familie in the morning and yet neuer put him in mind to any purpose of God all the day after vnlesse to blaspheme his terrible Name that will make men seeme deuout in the duties of the first Table and yet suffer them to be very deceitfull couetous and corrupt in their dealings with men that will carrie them with violence against an oath but not against iugling and lying for their owne aduantage 2. Rule zeale is moued by sinne not by priuate iniuries or profits 2. True zeale is set on worke by the consideration of sinne against God and not by iniuries or profits of our owne Zealous Lot doubtles suffered much and long vnder the vncleane vnnaturall barbarous Sodomites Yet we heare of no fretting or impatience at their vnneighborly dealing Nay when he was in perill of his life they readie to offer violence vnto him and to pull his house

containing all necessarie rules of Faith d Zelus cum in bono accipitur est quidam feruor animi quo mens relicto humano timore pro defensione veritatis accenditur Alcuinus The office of zeale about this is to preserue the honour thereof vntainted from all blemishes of error staines of heresie indignities of Tyrants and Atheists striuing for the faith of the e Phil. 1.27 Gospell Holding fast f T it 1.9 the faithfull word not quarrelling to separation for euery difference in opinion touching points not fundamentall and vndecided In which case no man must be iudged for his doubting g Rom. 14.1 See the marginall note of our last Translators nor may any doubting man iudge others who h Ibid. ver 3 doubt not The fire of zeale must blaze highest in maintenance of capitall truths i Iude ver 3. Earnestly contending for the faith once deliuered vnto the Saints Wise men will defend that part of a Citie most which may occasion most dammage by suffering a breach And zeale will then especially be as one of the Cherubins with a flaming sword to keepe safe the word of Life when the chiefest mysteries are corrupted or questioned Saint Paul when the honour of his Gospell lay at the stake seemeth vnable to expresse the heate he was in marke his vehemency though we saith he or an Angell from heauen should preach any other Gospell vnto you k Gal. 1.8 then that which we haue preached vnto you let him be accursed A heauie doome most vehemently denounced And yet not satisfying himselfe in shewing so much zeale as he was able to expresse by one single pronouncing this dreadfull anathematisme he doubles his speech as if the fornace of his heart were now heated with zeale seauen times hotter then it was wont l Ibid. ver 9. As we said before so say I now againe if any man preach vnto you another Gospell then that ye haue receiued let him be accursed Thus in cases of like consequence must we be affected But to be all on fire in defence of questionable truths which if they were yeelded vnto vs could adde nothing to that stocke of graces which accompanie saluation is a thing ill beseeming those diuine flames of holy zeale To what profit are those hot disputes and sharpe contentions about the place assigned for that maze of horror vnto vngodly men the Oecumenicall Assise the Equalitie of glorie the Hierarchie of Angels and many more He that putteth himselfe vpon the office of a Superuisor and Controuler of other mens opinions touching points of this nature may breed vaine ianglings but will edifie but a little These things are of the nature of sauce rather then meate dish them out as curiously as Art can deuise and when all is done they nourish not Marke such as are zealous of spirituall gifts if they seeke not to excell to the vse of edifying you shall be sure to finde them excelling in vanitie And more quarrels arise by one such conceited Doctor then many wise men with all their wisedome shall be able to take vp This is that bloudie knife that cutteth asunder the very sinewes of Christian loue This causeth Professors of the same faith to leade huge armies of sectaries like Pigmies and Cranes one against another so wasting their zeale in defence of trifles that they haue none left to make a wall of fire about points of more moment With what heart can we ioyne against a common enemie when euery little difference is prosecuted with such heate as if it were vnlawfull or at least dangerous to vnite our forces for feare of fiering one anothers tents by encamping together He that can be so hote with his brother for a trifle would certainly exceed the proportion of any cause with an enemie destroying more by intemperance then he is able to build by his zeale Witnesse the bickerings betweene some Lutherans Caluinists as they are by some nick-named which haue giuen RELIGION since the last reformation thereof a greater blow then all the thunderbolts of Rome set together Is it not Nuts to our Romish neighbours to see men belch out such bitter raylings and to put out such tart volumes one against another touching the manner of Christ discension into hell the libertie of the Sabbath the power of Witches the possibilitie of Demoniacall possessions the seate of faith the superioritie of preaching reading and praying In all which and many more the diuisions of Reuben are great thoughts of heart Is it now a time to be diuided among our selues when all our forces vnited are little enough to withstand the common aduersarie Oh when will our eyes be opened to see our hearts be mollified to bewaile the breaches of the enemy vpon vs by such vnbrotherly childish contentions among our selues Ere while wee could see nothing in S. Paul but fire when the foundation of the Gospell began to shake by the vndermining of seducers But in an inferiour point which was but as a Pinacle not of so much necessitie as beautie to set out the Pile he layeth his hand off the bellowes and puts out the fire For being consulted touching Virginitie m 1. Cor. 7. and hauing no particular direction therein from the Lord he sparingly and mildly set downe his iudgement and that by way of friendly aduise onely not of command from the Lord. And as if this were not enough to manifest his moderation he will by no means peremptorily determine the question but giueth euery man libertie therein that is of another mind n Ibid. ver 36 to do what he will These two presidents of the Apostle may suffice to declare what temper our zeale must ascend vnto in defence of the Word Maintaine we must with all our might the Principles of faith But of inferiour doubtful truths we may onely gently discourse what seemes most probable not violently hold them to dissention o 2. Tim. 2.23 c. Schisme no though the grounds of such our opinions seeme neuer so solide Herein it is as honourable to yeeld as to conquer since euerie man must follow the things which p Rom. 14.19 make for peace and wherewith one may edifie another 2. The worship of God 2. Another particular which zeale must fortifie is that Worship of God which the Word prescribeth The second Commandement which interdicts Idolatrie and false worship doth as firmely enioyne zeale for preseruation of that true worship which the Lord doth appoint Therfore the Apostle ioynes Zeale and Worship together requiring that worshippers be zealous q Rom. 12.11 in spirit seruing or worshipping the Lord. It is then a good and comely thing to be zealously affected towards and for the worship of God For this our Lord was so zealous that the zeale of the very house of God did euen euen eate him vp by the house no doubt vnderstanding and meaning Synecdochically the whole Worship r Quis comeditur